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Vanilla-Glazed Apple Cookies Recipe

"This delicious fruit-and nut-packed cookie recipe was my mother's, and it has been one of my mother's, and it has been one of my favorites for many years," offers Sharon Crider from Junction City, Kansas

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min./batchYIELD:24 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening

1-1/3 cups packed brown sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup 2% milk

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup finely diced peeled apple

1 cup raisins

VANILLA GLAZE:

1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 tablespoon butter, melted

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 to 4 teaspoons 2% milk

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 400°, In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and milk. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in walnuts, apple and raisins.